Mental Health
Our independent, women-run media organization shares in-depth journalism about solutions to environmental and social challenges—including mental health, which is under threat like never before in Costa Rica and Central America. Contact us to suggest a mental health solution we should cover in Central America in 2024, or to learn more about how to partner with us as a donor or sponsor so that we can share more solutions across the region.
Mental health in Costa Rica: Insight
“Are you aware that you are depressed and ill?” the doctor asked me.
“Excuse me?”
He looked up from the page where he was noting answers...
Joining forces to tell mental health stories in Costa Rica
“Silence. Because suicide feeds on silence.”
That’s what psychologist and suicide specialist Catalina Calderón, of the Central-North Health Region, told me yesterday when I asked...
Latest
Atenas: from burning trash to environmental awareness
The canton of Atenas is known as the home of “the best climate in the world”—thanks to a 1968 article in National Geographic—and as...